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USDA-NRCS funds available to help enhance and restore pollinator habitat Open to beekeepers and private landowners in Acadia Parish

John Paul Bischoff holds up an old bee hive from which the honey has been harvested. Clint and Jillane Bischoff and their children produce honey in Acadia Parish. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)

By Claudette Olivier
Staff Reporter
Beekeepers and private landowners in Acadia Parish can apply for assistance through the Natural Resources Conservation Service to help enhance and restore pollinator habitat.

Many bills filed, few become law

Senate Finance chairman Eric LaFleur, D-Ville Platte, said sometimes people want to make a statement by filing bills they know have no chance of becoming law. (Manship School News Service)

By Justin DiCharia
Manship School News Service
BATON ROUGE — With just days left in the 2016 General Session of the Louisiana Legislature, lawmakers have written and introduced 1,644 bills, but only 281 of them have become law – a 17 percent success rate. 

Parish library system touted at Parish Council meeting

Mykee St. Andre staffs the help counter at the Eunice library at noon Thursday. A proposal was floated at the St. Landry Parish Council meeting to create a single library system in the parish. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)

By Harlan Kirgan
Editor
A parish library system was touted to the St. Landry Parish Council Wednesday, but two Eunice leaders contacted Thursday were more inclined to say the Eunice library should become independent.

Rice is ‘punished’ before it reaches market

Dwayne Fulton explains how rice is processed at the Falcon Rice Mill in Crowley at a Eunice Kiwanis Club meeting. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

By Harlan Kirgan
Editor
Rice is literally punished before it lands on your fork or spoon.
Dwayne Fulton, managing partner or the Falcon Rice Mill in Crowley, said the milling process for rice is abrasive.

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